少见/少見 shǎo jiàn — rare; seldom seen

Meanings

1. 1

   rare; seldom seen

   rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 少

  shǎo (third tone, dipping) shào (fourth tone, falling)

  few, little; to be short of, to be missing; (shào) young

  4 strokesRadical 小

Words containing 少

• 少shǎo (third tone, dipping)few, little, not much
• 至少zhì (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)at least
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
• 减少/減少jiǎn (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)to lessen
• 少年shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)early youth
• 少女shào (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping)girl
• 青少年qīng (first tone, high and level) shào (fourth tone, falling) nián (second tone, rising)adolescent
• 缺少quē (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)lack
• 少数/少數shǎo (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling)small number
• 少量shǎo (third tone, dipping) liàng (fourth tone, falling)a smidgen
• 少有shǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)rare
• 必不可少bì (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) kě (third tone, dipping) shǎo (third tone, dipping)absolutely necessary
• 或多或少huò (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) huò (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)more or less
• 少不了shǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) liǎo (third tone, dipping)cannot do without
• 少儿/少兒shào (fourth tone, falling) ér (second tone, rising)child
• 稀少xī (first tone, high and level) shǎo (third tone, dipping)sparse